November 7, 2000
UPTOWN BARNEYS BUILDING SOLD FOR $112M
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe office complex looming over Barneys upscale department store has been sold, The Post has learned. Brickman Associates has just signed to buy the 23-floor, 246,000-square-foot office and retail building...
POLITICS WEB SITE DEFEATED
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe votes are already in for Politics.com. Howard Baer, president of the company, said he put the site up for sale two weeks ago then withdrew it when it appeared...
HERE COMES PHILLIPS - UPSTART AUCTION HOUSE INKS DEAL FOR 57TH ST. FLAGSHIP
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amPHILLIPS Auctioneers, the brash challenger to industry colossi Sotheby's and Christie's, is taking the art-sale battle public in a big way. In a deal that set the auction and real...
ARNAULT'S SEPHORA BUYS BUSTED EVE.COM
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amSephora.com has purchased assets of the defunct Eve.com for an undisclosed sum said to be in the "high six-figures," a source close to negotiations told The Post. Jim Wiggett, CEO...
CISCO'S EARNINGS ARE UP, BEATING STREET'S ESTIMATES
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amBellwether tech company Cisco Systems beat the Street yesterday, giving tech investors some solace. But today will tell if they consider the report strong enough to get back into the...
TIME FOR AOL MERGER MAY HAVE COME AND GONE - TIME WARNER BOSS IS SECOND-GUESSED
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amTime Warner had big hopes for the Internet - just look at last year's editors' choice as Time magazine's Man of the Year: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. How things have...
YOUR PRIVACY IS NOT THREATENED BY E-TAILERS
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amINTERNET retailers are tripping over themselves to reassure customers their privacy won't be invaded this Christmas. "Experts" are offering advice on guarding personal information and credit cards, advocacy groups continue...
LEVIN'S LEGACY: ABSOLUTE MEDIA GENIUS OR NEWEST DOT-COM FOOL?
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amAt 60 and deeply philosophical, Gerald Levin is thinking a lot about his legacy. So is Wall Street, because hundreds of billions are riding on the outcome of whether he's...
RUDI'S REVENGE AT BMG - GASSNER RISES AGAIN AT ZELNICK'S EXPENSE
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amCall it the revenge of Rudi. After losing an intense internal battle to BMG's boss Strauss Zelnick last year, Rudi Gassner has returned to the company's helm triumphantly after Zelnick...
THEY'VE GOT A . . . SECRET - CROWE, CRUISE & CRUZ TIGHT-LIPPED ON NEW MOVIE
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amTHESE photos, taken near the bandshell in Central Park, are the first tears in the shroud of secrecy that has surrounded Cameron Crowe's new project, "Vanilla Sky." Yesterday was the...
SEATTLE SEDUCES - THE EMERALD CITY, GROWING QUICKLY, RETAINS PEACEFUL VIBE AND CLEAN AIR
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amI LIKE a rainy day. And I care a great deal for the Douglas fir. Coffee? Undying affection. Where better to head than Seattle, that Emerald City, where it just...
SQUIRM YOUR WAY TO SVELTE - FOLKS WHO CAN'T SIT STILL WIGGLE AWAY CALORIES
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amGo ahead. Wiggle your foot, tap your pen . . . fiddle with your stapler. Fidget all you want - it's good for you.So say Frank and Victor Katch, brothers...
SPICE GIRLS' NEW DISC IS ... 'FOREVER' BLAND
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amSPICE GIRLS "Spice Girls Forever" ( 1/2) Virgin If you believe we live in a disposable world, the title "Spice Girls Forever" sounds like a threat. The Brit pop tart...
FASTBALL'S PITCH: 'A SHOW CAN BE LIKE A DATE'
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amTHE title of Fastball's latest album "The Harsh Light of Day" serves as a wake-up call to anyone who's aiming for the top of the charts. The Austin, Texas, alt-rock/pop...
HUNKY-DORY - 'CHIPPENDALES' GET MY VOTE
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amIF YOU can't bear one more lying politician, one more talking head, one more know-it-all pollster or self-serving TV pundit, have I got an alternative for you tonight. (No! Not...
RANCH DRESSING - MADONNA'S COWPOKE LOOK SURE IS OLD HAT
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amHEY, Madonna - lose the cowboy hat.The Material Mom's new "Super Cowgirl" rock 'n' roll rhinestone look is a little played out, uninspired and sooo fall '99. OK, she still...
'SURVIVOR II' SPOOKED - AUSSIE SET IS ON A GIANT GRAVEYARD
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amHALLOWEEN is coming late to "Survivor II: Australian Outback." It seems the tortured souls of hundreds of dead aboriginals - slaughtered by Europeans a century ago - haunt the remote...
WHO STOLE 'DR. NORA?' - 'FRASIER'S' SPOOF OF TV SHRINK DISAPPEARS
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amA 1998 episode of "Frasier" skewering Dr. Laura Schlessinger has mysteriously disappeared from the air. The episode, entitled "Dr. Nora," featured a shrill radio shrink named Dr. Nora (played by...
$1 BILLION FOR TV NEXT ELECTION
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amHOW much will it cost to run for office four years from now? How does $1 billion grab you? That's how much could be spent on TV in 2004 at...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amBay break In winter, San Francisco cools down some, and so do the room rates. The city's new Winter Escapes brochure contains an array of packages at a range of...
CAR MOWS DOWN QNS. SCHOOLKIDS
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amAn elderly driver jumped a curb and plowed into a Queens bus stop crowded with schoolkids yesterday, injuring two dozen people in a scene described as "hell on earth." The...
2 FIRMS RACE TO SETTLE IN B'KLYN COURT
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amTwo major U.S. tobacco companies may be set to settle all punitive-damages claims against them for about $8 billion in a beat-the-clock bid to stave off possibly losing billions more....
SENATE FOES MAKE THEIR FINAL PITCH - HILL HAS PAT HAND ON UPSTATE SWING
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amBUFFALO - Hillary Rodham Clinton last night was ready to hit the finish line of her 16-month Senate campaign with the man she wants to replace - joining Daniel Patrick...
THEY'RE NECK AND NECK AT THE FINISH LINE: POLL
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amRick Lazio and Hillary Rodham Clinton are taking their bitter Senate race down to the wire, running in a statistical dead heat into Election Day, the final New York Post-Fox...
HOW TO WATCH THE ELECTION - AN HOUR-BY-HOUR, STATE-BY-STATE GUIDE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RETURNS
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amThere will be clues to who'll win today's presidential election - and which party will control the House and Senate - from the minute the first returns come in. A...
DOCS: ENERGY BOOSTER COULD KILL
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amDietary supplements that contain the energy-boosting stimulant ephedrine may pose severe health risks to users and may even kill, researchers say. The Food and Drug Administration warned that studies are...
WHY WOMEN HANDLE STRESS BEST
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amWomen cope with stress better than men, a new study claims. Women are open about their problems and seek help from friends and family instead of becoming aggressive or suffering...
QUEEN MUM IS OK AFTER BONE-BREAK
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amShe may be down, but don't count her out. That's the word from Buckingham Palace after the Queen Mother, who recently turned 100, fell and broke her collarbone. Officials said...
FEW ANSWERS IN BROOKLYN TEACHER SLAY
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amStudents and staffers at a Brooklyn intermediate school started the week heartbroken over the mysterious murder of a beloved teacher. Youngsters were brought into Intermediate School 117 yesterday where counselors...
INTERMARRIAGE BAN TARGETED IN ALABAMA
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amVoters in Alabama - the only state with a constitutional ban against interracial marriage - will try to remove the measure from the books today, although the U.S. Supreme Court...
DIABETES IS ON THE RISE
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amDisturbing new research shows that one in 20 of the world's adult population suffers from diabetes. That means more than 151 million adults now live with the condition, the first...
'KING' GEORGE OUTRANKS 'PRINCE' ALBERT
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amGeorge W. Bush has the bloody best shot at becoming president - because his royal ancestors outrank Al Gore's, a prestigious group of British researchers says. Burke's Peerage, which traditionally...
NEW ARRESTS IN USS COLE ATTACK POINT TO BIN LADEN
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amYemeni authorities yesterday arrested four new suspects in the suicide bombing of the USS Cole in a move that further links the attack to terror master Osama bin Laden. Officials...
EU FILES SMUGGLE SUIT AGAINST TOBACCO BIGS
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe European Community filed a class-action civil suit in Brooklyn federal court yesterday, charging two tobacco giants with conspiracy to smuggle cigarettes into Europe. The complaint charges executives and employees...
VATICAN: POPE RETIREMENT RUMORS FALSE
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe Vatican yesterday again vehemently denied nagging rumors that ailing Pope John Paul II will step down next year. "The report is baseless," chief Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said. "For...
DOCS SEPARATE SIAMESE TWINS
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amA 3-month-old girl was expected to begin a brand-new life today after being separated from her Siamese-twin sister. Five surgeons and 15 assistants in Britain were performing the complex, 18-hour...
ODD FACE-OFF OF LIVING VS. DEAD IN MO.
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amMissouri voters will decide today whether a dead man running will become a dead man winning. The only live candidate in the race, Republican Sen. John Ashcroft, hustled across the...
DEM PUSH TO CAPTURE STATE SENATE MAJORITY
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amFor the first time in decades, Democrats are mounting a serious effort to wrest control of the state Senate from Republicans. But while they may make some inroads, most insiders...
BOOKS RETURNED AFTER 92 YEARS
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amTalk about being overdue on your library books. The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago returned 10 books last month to the American Museum of Natural History in New...
B'KLYN DA HAILS HERO KIDS WITH DISARMING PRESENTS
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amHeroes come in all sizes. In this case, three Brooklyn children who took a loaded .32-caliber pistol out of the hands of some 10-year-olds in a park last summer and...
CASTING HIS MAIDEN PRESIDENTIAL VOTE INTO MUDDY WATERS
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amSAM KILROY wasn't yet born on the night 30-year-old George W. Bush got busted while driving along a Maine road after engaging in one of his then-favorite pastimes: guzzling beer....
WILL CASH CARRY NEW JERSEY? - CORZINE $EEKS TO BREAK TIE
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amNew Jersey's Senate race between Rep. Bob Franks and Jon Corzine entered Election Day in a dead heat, but the Republican Franks faces a massive get-out-the-vote effort by his Democratic...
'SPY' IS BUS-TED AFTER UPSTATE PRANK
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amTHE first lady's aides were worried last week when they thought a spy had infiltrated their campaign in Utica. During Hillary Rodham Clinton's final upstate trip, a strange young man...
ONE LAST SPRINT IN WHITE HOUSE RACE - GORE CAMPAIGNS IN 5 SWING STATES
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amFLINT, Mich. - Al Gore hopscotched across middle America yesterday, courting the hard-hat vote and rousing supporters with a vision of sunshine, fresh-brewed coffee and bird songs. The veep, looking...
LEVY, STATE FEUD OVER TRANSFER OF 'PROBLEM' KIDS
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe Board of Education is illegally forcing thousands of suspended students to go to other schools without a hearing, state Education Commissioner Richard Mills has ruled. But Schools Chancellor Harold...
PERFECT H'WOOD ENDING: WIPE OUT STAR BLIGHT
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amYOU know what will be the most immediately satisfying thing about voting for George W. Bush today? Knowing that I've done everything I can to ruin Rosie O'Donnell's tomorrow. And...
JOE'S BACKUP BID IN CONN. A SURE THING
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amJoe Lieberman hasn't spent a single day in over a month campaigning in his Senate race - yet that could end up being the only election he wins today. Lieberman...
'FORGOTTEN' TRANSIT BOND ACT A DRIVING ISSUE
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amIn a year dominated by presidential politics and the Senate race, not much attention has been paid to today's decidedly less glamorous ballot question: the state's $3.8 billion transportation bond...
L.I. RACE A SMEAR CAMPAIGN - BOTH SIDES FLING MUD IN BID FOR LAZIO SEAT
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe tight race to fill Rick Lazio's congressional seat has been so heated and nasty that it has made the Senate battle between Lazio and Hillary Clinton seem almost mild...
DEM BRIBER SMOKED OUT - NYER OFFERED CIGS FOR VOTES
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amA Manhattan millionaire and big-bucks Democratic donor emerged at the center of a smokes-for-votes scandal in Milwaukee on the eve of the election. Connie Milstein, who has contributed $402,000 to...
A SECOND GUILTY PLEA IN PARADE GROPE-FEST
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man was promised no more than three years in prison after pleading guilty yesterday to grabbing the breast of one of the stripped and terrorized victims of the...
NADER STICKS TO PARTY-CRASHING APPEAL
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amGreen Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader stood firm under pressure from jittery Democrats yesterday and urged voters to stand by him today, even if it swings the election to George...
'UNDERDOG' LAZIO SHAKES OFF THREATS
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amRick Lazio yesterday teamed up with Mayor Giuliani and Gov. Pataki to greet commuters, phone voters and rally the GOP troops, saying death threats can't derail his campaign. The Post...
FDA: COLD AND DIET DRUGS POSE STROKE RISK
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amFederal regulators yesterday warned Americans to steer clear of cold remedies and diet pills that contain an ingredient linked to strokes - and asked manufacturers to pull the products from...
MARATHON IS ENDING WITH 'EM LUNGING AT THE FINISH
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amONE of the most unpredictable races in memory sends presidential rivals Al Gore and George W. Bush down to the wire today, waiting to exhale. Republicans were cautiously optimistic and...
CONFIDENT DUBYA BLITZES RIVAL'S TURF
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amAUSTIN, Texas - It's all over but the voting - so George W. Bush was working yesterday like a Sunday preacher to get the vote out. "We've laid the groundwork...
THREE WOMEN SLAIN BY THEIR MATES: POLICE
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amThree men face murder charges for shooting their wives or lovers in a bizarre rash of domestic-violence killings yesterday, police said. Edwin Lopez, 29, turned his gun on himself after...
THE MAN WITHOUT LEVER-AGE - EX-LAWYER LOST VOTING RIGHT OVER GRUDGE, HE SAYS
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amELECTION DAY is a nightmare for John Kennedy O'Hara. The former Brooklyn lawyer has been banned from the polls for illegal voting - the first person to be convicted of...
PATRICK'S ALL SMILES IN SEATTLE
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amORLANDO - Magic coach Doc Rivers was leaving his office before last night's game and he nearly collided with a sweat-drenched Patrick Ewing. "Damn, you working out again?" Rivers asked....
EVERYTHING IS A-OK
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT REPORT CARD QUARTERBACKS: A This is why the Giants remain so high on Kerry Collins (19 of 31, 257 yards, 3 TDs). He regained his touch on the big...
BIG BLUE BONANZA: FAULK WON'T PLAY
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amAs he sat in his office yesterday morning, Jim Fassel, the head coach of the still-in-first-place Giants, was greeted by Dave Brazil, a defensive assistant. Brazil informed Fassel that the...
SEHORN'S READY FOR RAM TEST
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES There are certain hitters in baseball who are tempted to sit out one more game when a talented pitcher is on the mound. Jason Sehorn isn't ducking anybody,...
RECORD DAY FOR MYERS
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amRamael Myers walked around Wagner's football office yesterday with a slight limp. When head coach Al Paturzo saw his star running back's uncomfortable gait, he yelled, "Don't do this to...
GRADES ADD UP TO 'L'
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amJET REPORT CARDQUARTERBACKS: C- Vinny Testaverde (21-of-42, 293 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs) again was sluggish early, throwing his two INTs in the first half. When it came to engineering...
RIVALRY? WHAT RIVALRY?
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amYou won't get Rangers coach Ron Low to admit to any extra incentive regarding tonight's game against the Oilers, a team he coached for parts of five seasons. Luckily, there's...
DIPIETRO'S DEBUT WILL HAVE TO WAIT
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amIn all likelihood, Rick DiPietro's Long Island debut won't come any time soon. The highly-touted goaltender, the No. 1 pick in last summer's amateur draft who was recalled to the...
CHATTY SPREE GETS OFF HOOK
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amConvinced Latrell Sprewell was oblivious to the tampering rule, the NBA let the former league bad-boy off the hook yesterday for trying to court his buddy Chris Webber. Sprewell met...
DEVILS RE-ACQUIRE KINNEAR
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amShoring up depth on defense on the farm, the Devils yesterday re-acquired Geordie Kinnear from the Thrashers for future considerations. Kinnear, who had been playing for the Thrashers' IHL farm...
RICE WANTS HIS RING
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES MILWAUKEE - Glen Rice said he'd be agreeable to participating in a ring ceremony for him and Travis Knight when the Knicks visit Staples Center to play the...
FASSEL KEEPS JINTS ON EVEN KEEL
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amNOBODY thinks the Giants are any good except the coach who reminds them how good they have to be. In the meantime, he refuses to take the disrespect personally. The...
KENYON TAKING ALL THE BLAME
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amKenyon Martin had already gone through a long, grueling practice yesterday when he saw them coming - both the questions and the reporters about to ask them. Truth be told,...
YANKS' BRAINTRUST TOUCHING ALL BASES
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amJust because Brian Cashman and Mark Newman are not at the GM meetings doesn't mean they aren't busy devising a game plan for the three-time defending World Series champion Yankees'...
SKY'S THE LIMIT - A-ROD AGENT HINTS 'GREATEST-EVER' SS WANTS 25M PER YEAR
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amAMELIA ISLAND, Fla. - Touting the concept that he has the greatest shortstop ever, Scott Boras, the representative for Alex Rodriguez, has stormed the GM Meetings armed with a 65-page...
MAGIC PLACE HOBBLIN' HILL ON INJURED LIST
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amORLANDO - His left ankle rehabilitation has become a real pain in the pride for Grant Hill. "It hurts in my pride and ego the most, the fact I can't...
SMITH TO MIAMI? NOT ZO FAST
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amNOW that the Miami Heat have been awarded a $3.88 million medical exception (for Alonzo Mourning), what good is it going to do them? Especially if Joe Smith rejects their...
FRANCO COULD TEST FREE-AGENT MARKET
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amBASEBALL MEETINGS NOTES AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. - With the potential to land a more lucrative deal and chase the career save record elsewhere, John Franco almost certainly will explore the...
JETS' PREDICAMENT NO CRISIS, SAYS AL - COACH NOT IN PANIC MODE
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe charmed, magic dust, anything-is-possible element to this season has disappeared for the Jets. Losers of two in a row on essentially the last play of each game, the Jets...
GLENN SHOULDERS BLAME FOR KILLER TD
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES Aaron Glenn, always a stand-up athlete for his actions, owned up to being burned by Ed McCaffrey for what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown in Sunday's...
TO HILL, HE'S PENNY-PINCHING PAT
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amORLANDO - Good thing they didn't order extra cheese and pepperoni. When asked for one memory of Patrick Ewing, Magic superstar Grant Hill laughed and recalled a time when the...
NO MAGIC FOR EWING IN ORLANDO
November 7, 2000 | 5:00amMagic 110 - Sonics 99 ORLANDO - Magic coach Doc Rivers was leaving his office before last night's game and he nearly collided with a sweat-drenched Patrick Ewing. "Damn, you...